4 files changed, 32 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go
index 0141e8a96..eff251cec 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ const maxOptLen = 1024 * 8
 // buffers upto INT_MAX.
 const maxControlLen = 10 * 1024 * 1024
 
+// maxListenBacklog is the maximum limit of listen backlog supported.
+const maxListenBacklog = 1024
+
 // nameLenOffset is the offset from the start of the MessageHeader64 struct to
 // the NameLen field.
 const nameLenOffset = 8
@@ -361,7 +364,7 @@ func Bind(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.SyscallC
 // Listen implements the linux syscall listen(2).
 func Listen(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.SyscallControl, error) {
 	fd := args[0].Int()
-	backlog := args[1].Int()
+	backlog := args[1].Uint()
 
 	// Get socket from the file descriptor.
 	file := t.GetFile(fd)
@@ -376,6 +379,16 @@ func Listen(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Syscal
 		return 0, nil, syserror.ENOTSOCK
 	}
 
+	if backlog > maxListenBacklog {
+		// Linux treats incoming backlog as uint with a limit defined by
+		// sysctl_somaxconn.
+		// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/7acac4b3196/net/socket.c#L1666
+		//
+		// We use the backlog to allocate a channel of that size, hence enforce
+		// a hard limit for the backlog.
+		backlog = maxListenBacklog
+	}
+
 	return 0, nil, s.Listen(t, int(backlog)).ToError()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go
index 7cc0be892..936614eab 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ const maxOptLen = 1024 * 8
 // buffers upto INT_MAX.
 const maxControlLen = 10 * 1024 * 1024
 
+// maxListenBacklog is the maximum limit of listen backlog supported.
+const maxListenBacklog = 1024
+
 // nameLenOffset is the offset from the start of the MessageHeader64 struct to
 // the NameLen field.
 const nameLenOffset = 8
@@ -365,7 +368,7 @@ func Bind(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.SyscallC
 // Listen implements the linux syscall listen(2).
 func Listen(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.SyscallControl, error) {
 	fd := args[0].Int()
-	backlog := args[1].Int()
+	backlog := args[1].Uint()
 
 	// Get socket from the file descriptor.
 	file := t.GetFileVFS2(fd)
@@ -380,6 +383,16 @@ func Listen(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kernel.Syscal
 		return 0, nil, syserror.ENOTSOCK
 	}
 
+	if backlog > maxListenBacklog {
+		// Linux treats incoming backlog as uint with a limit defined by
+		// sysctl_somaxconn.
+		// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/7acac4b3196/net/socket.c#L1666
+		//
+		// We use the backlog to allocate a channel of that size, hence enforce
+		// a hard limit for the backlog.
+		backlog = maxListenBacklog
+	}
+
 	return 0, nil, s.Listen(t, int(backlog)).ToError()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go
index 9438056f9..5001d222e 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go
@@ -2474,20 +2474,10 @@ func (e *endpoint) shutdownLocked(flags tcpip.ShutdownFlags) tcpip.Error {
 // Listen puts the endpoint in "listen" mode, which allows it to accept
 // new connections.
 func (e *endpoint) Listen(backlog int) tcpip.Error {
-	if uint32(backlog) > MaxListenBacklog {
-		// Linux treats incoming backlog as uint with a limit defined by
-		// sysctl_somaxconn.
-		// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/7acac4b3196/net/socket.c#L1666
-		//
-		// We use the backlog to allocate a channel of that size, hence enforce
-		// a hard limit for the backlog.
-		backlog = MaxListenBacklog
-	} else {
-		// Accept one more than the configured listen backlog to keep in parity with
-		// Linux. Ref, because of missing equality check here:
-		// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/7acac4b3196/include/net/sock.h#L937
-		backlog++
-	}
+	// Accept one more than the configured listen backlog to keep in parity with
+	// Linux. Ref, because of missing equality check here:
+	// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/7acac4b3196/include/net/sock.h#L937
+	backlog++
 	err := e.listen(backlog)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !err.IgnoreStats() {
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go
index 230fa6ebe..fe0d7f10f 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ const (
 	// DefaultSynRetries is the default value for the number of SYN retransmits
 	// before a connect is aborted.
 	DefaultSynRetries = 6
-
-	// MaxListenBacklog is the maximum limit of listen backlog supported.
-	MaxListenBacklog = 1024
 )
 
 const (